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latter organization modestly (?) claimed, in contrast, to be 

 made up solely of gentlemen. Finally, a large number of 

 copies of one sporting journal, which contained a letter of 

 the president of the American Kennel Club on this subject, 

 was sent to breeders for the purpose of misleading them. 



It would be exceedingly wearisome to attempt to describe 

 the many efforts which have been made by the American 

 Kennel Club, not only to injure the new club, but also to 

 iuin the Buffalo show. And yet it says, through its presi- 

 dent, that there has been no prejudice excited against the 

 National Club. 



Surely these tactics employed cannot be classed as honor- 

 able, and we ask you, as fair-minded men and fellow breeders, 

 whether they meet your approval, and whether, if you are. a 

 member of the American Kennel Club, you indorse its cow- 

 ardly methods? If you do not, we appeal to you to aid us in 

 making the Buffalo show a great success, and thereby give 

 expression in a practical manner to your condemnation. 



The premiums offered at Buffalo are very generous. But 

 few managements have ever been as generous, and none more 

 so. . '.• ....A , . 



The list of snecials is largo, and we do not believe that 

 there was ever a show held in America where the winnings 

 promised to be heavier. The National Dog Club give bronze 

 medals for every important breed of dogs entered, and many 

 prizes in money', valuable cups, etc., art' offered by its frieuds. 



Again, for the Buffalo show we bespeak fairness and 

 your support. The two clubs can decide between them any 

 issue which has been raised. Let not an innocent party 

 suffer because he has accepted the support of one, after he 

 was denied recognition by the other. Very truly yours, 



J. Brank Perry, 



For the Committee, the National Dog Club of America. 

 Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, Aug. 0. 



The executive committee of the National Dog Club have 

 republished in pamphlet, form the newspaper correspond- 

 ence pro and con relating to their club, and are sending it 

 out. By giving both sides, as set forth in the letters of Mr. 

 August Belmont, Jr., and those of Dr. J. Frank Perry, they 

 permit the breeders of the country to weigh the merits of 

 the discussion and draw their own conclusions. The re- 

 printed letters are prefaced by this address: 

 To the Dog Breeders of America: 



Inclosed herewith you will find reprints of several com- 

 munications which recently appeared in the sporting press. 

 They comprise all statements of importance, which have 

 thus far been made public, either friendly or unfriendly to 

 the National Dog Club of America. With but a few words 

 we lay these communications before you. 



It is, of course, evident to all that where the interests of 

 many individuals are involved— more especially if those 

 individuals reside at long distances from each other — the 

 best, if not the only, practical way for them to accomplish 

 what they desire is through organization. This is an ac- 

 cepted fact in all departments of life. Properly organ- 

 ized, any number of persons can effect more, and effect it 

 more quickly, than the same number could accomplish 

 working individually. 



There are many breeders of dogs who reside at points 

 where there are no kennel clubs. They have rights 

 which can only be secured by a breeders' club such 

 as ours. Again, as you well know, many of the mem- 

 bers of the kennel clubs now existing have never bred, 

 nor have they held direct interest m, dogs, and, con- 

 sequently, can have no actual knowledge of what is 

 needed to promote the welfare of our fraternity. 



The American Kennel Club has been likened by its presi- 

 dent to the Supreme Court of the United States. That is 

 not a proper comparison. The American Kennel Club is a 

 court of appeal for elubs, The National Club is a court of 

 appeal for breeders and the public, and, as such, can come 

 in conflict with no existing organization. If the associate 

 membership proposition of the American Kennel Club — 

 which has been made since we organized — is adopted, that 

 body will then be junior to the National Dog Club, and be 

 open to the same abuse, now heaped upon our club, for enter- 

 ing the "field" of another organization. 



With these views, briefly expressed, we lay the matter be- 

 fore you to judge upon. It is for you and your associates, 

 the breeders of America, alone to decide whether or not you 

 will organize in your own interests, and in the interests of 

 the public with which you are intimately connected. 



When the National Dog Club was first organized, its 

 founders would only communicate with, and invite the co- 

 operation of a few breeders, owing to the fact that it was 

 expedient to hold the first meeting at the Boston show, and 

 the time before it was short. We now beg leave to tender 

 you a most cordial invitation to join us. Our annual dues are 

 but §5. That sum should be forwarded, with the applica- 

 tion for membership, to the secretary, H. W. Huntington, 

 148 South Eighth street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Hoping to have the pleasure of welcoming you to our 

 ranks, we remain, very truly yours, 



Executive Committee, 

 The National Dog Club of America. 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



I have read with great interest the letters of Dr. Perry and 

 Mr. Belmont in regard to the two kennel clubs, and desire 

 to give expression to my views with relation to the matter. 



No one interested in* the dog world can, on the whole, 

 regret the new life that has been infused into it by the dis- 

 cussion in question. If this increased vitality keeps up, and 

 be turned to account, there must result a gain all round. 

 All, however, will desire to see harmony. 



One or two thoughts have occurred to me that I have not 

 seen elsewhere. 



Mr. Belmont evidently accepts Dr. Perry's statement that 

 the American Kennel Club has been "snail-like." I cannot 

 deny that myself, and I find the feeling among those I know 

 to be pretty unanimous with regard to this point. The 

 National Dog Club, in my opinion, is certainly deserving of 

 praise for having accomplished the difficult feat of waking 

 up the American Kennel Club. 



Mr. Belmont seems to claim in his earlier letter that the 

 American Kennel Club has filled the field. Yet in his speech 

 at the last meeting he acknowledged that it does not, bypro- 

 posing an associate membership, which would give individual 

 breeders a representation. "I sincerely believe," he says in 

 his last letter, "that the breeders do require an association 

 of their own, and I, as a breeder and exhibitor, desire one 

 greatly." Still he had made no move toward obtaining it 

 until after the National Dog Club was formed; or, if he had, 

 the movement had been without result. If the National Dog 

 Club had not come into existence, I, as an individual breeder, 

 would have been without representation unless there had 

 been a local club in my vicinity. 



Dr. Perry's proposition regarding the dog show rules 

 strikes me as a very fair one. If the American Kennel Club 

 adopt the changes — and every breeder will acknowledge 

 they should be in force— that will end the matter. Even 1 

 myself should certainly then show under the American 

 Kennel Club's rules. At present I should show under the 

 National Dog Club's rules, because they are, in my opinion, 

 the better, although there is yet room for improvement. 



If "a lot of prominent American Kennel Club gentlemen" 

 were asked to join t he National Dog Club, it naturally sug- 

 gests itself, it would have been better for them to have ac- 

 cepted, and so, as Dr. Perry says, have kept the new club 

 harmonious with the old one. They could easily, by acting- 

 together, have prevented any hostile movement on the- part 

 of "the enemy." This possibility of concerted action onthe, 

 part of the American Keime 1 Club menibers whom they 



i anted to join them, must have suggested itself to the found- 

 ers of the National Dog Club, and the fact that they were 

 Willing to risk it has been to me oue of the strongest proofs 

 that lb eir intentions were, friendly from the beginning. Mr. 

 Belmont certainly pays himself and his associates a very 

 poor compliment in supposing that their conduct has been 

 sueli in the past that any one could imagine they would be 

 "figureheads" in any enterprise. Fair Play. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS. 



FRANKFORD, Pa., Aug. 4,— Editor Forest and Stream; 

 I was afforded much pleasure in the. perusal, of an 

 article on the Chesapeake Bay dogs from the able pen of Mr. 

 E. A. Palmer, of Nebraska, 'it brought to my mind several 

 pleasurable incidents, in which the enjoyment depended 

 almost wholly or in part on a noble dog of that breed. This 

 dog was the best retriever I ever saw. I have seen and 

 owned bird dogs and spaniels, which were almost infallible 

 in retrieving, but none could approach the Bay dog, and this 

 is what gave rise to my opinion. 



Abou t ten years ago in company with my cousiu Rob, who 

 was the proud owner of the dog in question, I was enjoying 

 a few days ducking on the Sassafras River. Ducks were 

 quite plentiful, and even cauvasbacks more than common; 

 redheads nearly as good as the former, along with cobheads 

 and black ducks, were quite thick; a few geese and an occa- 

 sional swan helped matters considerably. We constructed 

 a blind on Ordinary Point during the afternoon, and by the 

 appearance of the weather concluded that if we got there 

 early the chances were pretty fair for some good shooting in 

 the morning, but in ducking "you cannot sometimes most 

 always tell." 1 1 owever, before daylight we were, comfort- 

 ably stowed in the blind, our big negro boatman, George, 

 having had a pretty hard tussle with wind and waves in 

 rowing us across the river to the point, for it was blowing 

 quite sharp and by daylight increased to almost a gale. Rob 

 was armed with a good 10-bore Colt, I had a heavy 8-bore 

 muzzleloader, for although the ducks were quite plenty they 

 were very wild from being shot at so much, and a heavy 

 gun was'uecessary. We. also brought a Winchester .32 for 

 wounded birds. Taylor, the Bay dog, and George, the boat- 

 man, completed the outfit. 



We began shooting as soon as it was light, and had vary- 

 ing success as neither of us were crack shots, but with the 

 help of George and the dog we managed to gather twenty- 

 one ducks iu a couple of hours. The wind now blew a gale 

 aud the river was fearfully rough. Just then we heard a 

 swan trumpeting — it was comiug up the river but beyond 

 the reach of shot. Seizing the .,'121 opened on him, and at 

 the fourth or fifth shot had the good luck to tumble him 

 down with a broken wing. Now came the difficulty. George 

 absolutely refused to go after it, said the river was too 

 rough, arid it was. By this time, the dog Taylor was almost 

 beside himself, whining aud almost crazy to go. Bob loosed 

 him; he ran to the end of the point and jumped in, and 

 swam iu the direction that the swan had disappeared. We 

 stood almost breathless and watched him out of sight. 

 Twenty minutes passed and no Taylor. Half an hour went 

 by and uo sign of the dog. I felt sorry we let the dog go. 

 and we did not fire a gun after the dog left. Rob looked 

 down his nose and said he guessed he'd seen the last of old 

 Taylor. We packed up arid got ready to go home when 

 George sung out, "Hi! yi! bress de Lawd, heah's Taylah!" 

 And sure enough, here came the good old dog, nearly fagged 

 out, staggering along the shore, dragging that big swan. 

 He had been gone a little over three-quarters of an hour. 



About noon the wind went down enough to enable us to 

 cross the river, and we went home better pleased with the 

 ending of our day's shooting than we had had reason to ex- 

 pect. I could give other evidence of this dog's good quali- 

 ties, but I feel that I have trespassed already too much on 

 the editor's good nature. J. C. S. 



[The further incidents will be welcome, and we hope that 

 ".1 , 0. Si" will favor us with them.] 



RICHMOND DOG SHOW. 



WE have received the premium list of the dog show to 

 be held at Richmond, Va., Oct. to 12, by the Vir- 

 ginia Field Sports Association. Over $1,900 is offered ex- 

 clusive of special prizes. In the classes for mastiffs, rough- 

 coated St. Bernards, smooth-coated St. Bernards, large 

 pointers, small pointers, English setters, Irish setters, black 

 and tan setters, collies and fox-terriers, the prizes are, cham- 

 pion, dogs, #20,' bitch, the same; open, dogs, #20, #10 and cer- 

 tificate; puppies, $10 aud certificate for each sex. In Clum- 

 ber, field and cocker spaniels, bull-terriers, and pugs (dogs 

 and bitches), the prizes are, champion, #10; open, dogs, $10, 

 $5 and certificate, bitches the same (except Clumbers)- pup- 

 pies, $10 and certificate, dogs and bitches (class divided m 

 spaniels). In beagles and bulldogs the prizes are, cham- 

 piou, dogs, $10, bitches the same; open, dogs, $10, $5 and 

 certificate, bitches the same; puppies, $10 and certificate. 

 The remaining classes have $10, $5 and certificate, except 

 that in a few of the less important ones the second prize is 

 a certificate. There is a class provided for Virginia native 

 setters of any breed, with prizes of $10, $5 and certificate for 

 each sex. and $5 and certificate for puppies. The judges so 

 far as announced are J. M. Tracy, James Mortimer, Col. F. 

 G. Skinner and A. C. Wilmerding. George H. Hill is su- 

 perintendent. Entries close Oct. 1. The address of the 

 secretary is B. H. Grundy, Room 26, Shafer Building, Rich- 

 mond, Va. 



Editor Forest and Stream: Please publish the fact that 

 since the premium list of the Virginia Field Trials Associa- 

 tion was published our management has, at the instance of 

 the American Gordon Setter Club, added the following- 

 classes for Gordon Setters; Champion dogs and bitches, $20; 

 open dogs, $20, $10 and certificate, bitches the same; pup- 

 pies, $10 and certificate. To the above the American Gordon 

 Setter Club has added a prize of solid silver valued at $25 

 for the best Gordon setter dog. These classes will be judged 

 by Mr. Harry Malcolm, who has been suggested by the A. G. 

 S. Club. Tliey are in addition to the classes for black and 

 tan setters, which will be judged by Mr. J. M. Tracy.— JlTO. 

 S. WlSR, Pres. (Richmond, Va., Aug. 9). 



COONS.— Windham, Conn., July 23.— Edito r Forest mid 

 Stream: I am here spending my summer vacation as usual, 

 and getting my coon dogs Rover and Nero into hunting 

 condition. ' I read with great interest the accounts of coon 

 hunts published in your paper and so do the natives 

 about here. Have a few questions to ask, which would be of 

 interest to me if they could be answered by some of your 

 coon-hunting readers, thus adding to coon knowledge, which 

 I am sorry to say is very meager. My idea is to invite corre- 

 spondence through the Forest AND STREAM, so if you think 

 them of sufficient interest please publish them. Do coons 

 holloa at night? Some say they do not. At what age do 

 coons breed and how often? Will coons breed in captivity? 

 Does it injure a dog's scent for trailing for the time being 

 to kill a skunk?— J. L. H 



SYRACUSE DOG SHOW.— Syracuse, N. Y., Aug 2.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The Syracuse Kennel Club are 

 very sorry that they have been so delayed in issuing their 

 premium list for their show of September 18, 19, 20, 21, but 

 hope to send it out during this week. The entries close 

 September 3, and we ask those wishing premium lists to 

 apply at once and send on their entries as soon as possible. 

 William Tallman is to be the superintendent, and Spratts 

 Patent (Limited) is to do the benching and feeding. Every 

 one is greatly interested in the show, and the club looks for 

 a great success,— HOWARD B, Rathbojie, Secretary, 



THE SCENT OF SKUNKS AND DOGS. 



OUR correspondent J. L. B. asks if the odor of a skunk 

 will prevent a dog from following a trail ? We have 

 often seen dogs, while, hunting, come, in contact with skunks 

 and get completely saturated with the effluvium, but in no 

 instance was there any apparent injury to their olfactory 

 organs. Old Sounder, a favorite foxhound of long ago, was 

 an inveterate foe to the perfumed rodents and neglected no 

 opportunity to shake every vestige of scent from them, much 

 to the disgust of his many admiring friends. On several 

 occasions we have seen him when following a fox, swerve 

 from his course and shake up a skunk and then resume his 

 trail and run it as true as ever trail was run. We have 

 owned several pointers and setters that would tackle a skunk 

 whenever found, but we could never discover any diminu- 

 tion of their scenting powers. At the chicken trials in 

 Minnesota in 1882, the setter dog Pink B. ran into a skunk 

 aud the incident is thus described in our report: 



"Just here a skunk put in appearance and as he leisurely 

 ambled along Pink spied him, and apparently realizing 

 that nature had been remiss in not making game of the 

 rodent, he undertook the job on his own account and sailed 

 in regardless. Every one knows that 'a ro-e by any other 

 name would smell as sweet,' but we assure you that a Pink 

 is a different sort of a posey altogether, for without any 

 change of name— although come to think overit, Short did use 

 some other name. Pink came out of the scrimmage with a 

 most decided chauge of odor, at least it seemed so to us, but 

 Pink soon convinced us that his smell was all right by hand- 

 somely point ing at a long distance a single bird that had re- 

 mained on the stubble." 



In Forest and Stream of Sept. 21 1882, an article on scent 

 was published from which we reprint a portion, as there ap- 

 pears to be an analogy iu the case: 



"That the nose of the dog is a most wonderful organ no 

 one at all conversant with the performances of hunting dogs 

 will for a moment doubt. How marvelous the power that 

 enables the pointer or setter to accurately follow the intricate 

 windings of the trail that was traced by the wandering bird 

 perhaps hours before. How wonderful his ability to follow 

 the footsteps of his master, even through a crowd, upon the 



Eavements where all scent, seemingly, must be obliterated 

 y countless other footsteps. Flo v perplexing the fact that 

 he can unerringly follow the track of our horse, driven at 

 speed over the cobble stones or dusty road, and surely find 

 us, although many teams have crossed and recrossed our 

 path. Often have we puzzled our brain in endeavoring to 

 solve, the mystery of this wonderful power, but in vain; and 

 long ago, like Dundreary, we resolved that 'this was a thing 

 that no fellow could find out.' We once saw a brace, of dogs 

 road the trail of a grouse athwart the effluvium from the 

 carcass of a dead horse, which the air blew directly in their 

 nostrils, aud the heavily laden air reminded us — by con- 

 trast—of the 'spice-laden odors of Araby the blest;' with 

 never a doubt nor fault they followed the bird and came to a 

 staunch point within twenty yards of the odorous mass. We 

 could scarcely believe the evidence of our eyes nor place any 

 confidence in the sense of the dogs until, with bated breath, 

 we rushed in and flushed the bird. We then aud there fore- 

 swore all future attempts to elucidate the unfathomable 

 mystery surrounding the subject." 



DOG TALK. 



r pilE SUick- Keeper vouches for this: A lady was visiting 

 JL her friends at the seaside, where there was a fine dog, 

 whose master was in the habit of giving him money every 

 day to buy meat for his dinner from the butcher's cart. The 

 lady, admiring the handsome intelligent animal, called him 

 to her as she sat at breakfast and fed him frotn her plate. 

 The dog at once went to his master, and standing on his 

 hindlegs pawed and scratched at the gentleman's breast 

 pocket. At first the master failed to understand and ordered 

 him away; but the dog persisting, he finally said, "Well, I 

 do believe he wants his money," and offered him a com, 

 which the dog inst antly took, and trotting back to the 

 visitor deposited it in her lap, with a wag of his tail and a 

 look which seemed to say, "I always pay the butcher, and 

 why not you?" 



We receive by nearly every mail requests for pedigrees. In 

 case those wanted are of registered dogs comparatively little 

 labor is necessary, but when the dog has no record it is in 

 many instances impossible to give the information wanted. 

 Inquirers should in all cases give all the facts in their pos- 

 session regarding the dogs in question. If they or their 

 parents have been shown, give place and date, also name of 

 breeder as well as any other information that will assist us 

 in tracing them. Th'ose who have printed pedigrees of their 

 dogs will confer a favor by sending a lew of tkemto us. 



Entries for the Buffalo dog show close Sept. 1. The Buf- 

 falo exhibition directors are expecting half the people of the 

 continent there; and as no extra admission charge will be 

 made to the dog show part of the exposition, it will be at- 

 tended by a big crowd. 



Dog show managers should always send us a supply of 

 premium lists and entry blanks, as we almost invariably 

 have calls for them, generally on the day that the entries 

 close. 



Mr. Frank F. Dole has removed to his old home, New 

 Haven, Conn., where he has located his kennel— the Royal 

 Bull-terrier Kennel. His address is 1004 Chapel street. 



We are informed that Mr. John S. Wise, of Richmond, 

 Va., will soon remove to New York. His many friends in 

 this city will gladly welcome him. 



There will be a dog show at Greensburg, Pa., Sept. 18 to 

 21. in connection with the annual fair of the Westmoreland 

 County Agricultural Society. 



Mr. W. II. Moller, who recently lost the champion pointer 

 bitch Water Lily, has replaced her with Juno S. from the 

 Clifton Kennel. 



Everybody and his dog will, from present indications, be 

 at the Richmond dog show, and a general good time is ex- 

 pected. 



The Birmingham (Eng.) dog show committee have decided 

 that in future the mdging at this show will be open to the 

 public. 



Mr. John Reed will terminate his connection with Spratts 

 Patent Sept. 1. 



IVIR, BELMONT'S CHARGES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In case Mr. August Belmont, Jr. , has not replied to my 

 letter in your issue of Aug. 2, will you allow me to call the 

 attention of your readers to the fact that the first time he is 

 brought up with a round turn to give proof in support of 

 one of his wild assertions, the bottom falls out of his accu- 

 sation. 



After reading his many effusions, particularly his reply of 

 last week to Mr. Rewalt's stinging epistle, I trust for the 

 good of the dog world Mr. Belmont will favor us with a 

 column every week, for now that the prevaricating clown of 

 the canine world has begun to discuss horses, we haye 

 nothing left to laugh at, Jas, WATSOSf, 



